Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · May 28–30, 1974
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Aletta (1974) was a tropical storm of the 1974 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on May 28, 1974, 197 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb on May 28, 1974, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.0 days and travelled about 547 miles (879 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | 53 mi | May 30 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | 49 mi | May 30 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico | 46 mi | May 30 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico | 44 mi | May 30 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.2°N 101.0°W | open ocean |
| May 28 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.7°N 102.1°W | open ocean |
| May 28 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 992 mb | 15.3°N 103.0°W | open ocean |
| May 28 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.9°N 103.8°W | 178 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| May 29 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.8°N 104.4°W | 150 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| May 29 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.0°N 104.4°W | 72 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| May 29 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.1°N 104.0°W | 15 mi NNW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| May 29 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 19.7°N 103.6°W | near Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| May 30 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 20.0°N 103.1°W | 12 mi SSW of Tizapán el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Aletta. Its closest approach to a major city was 44 miles from Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico.
At its peak on May 28, 1974, Aletta was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 992 mb.
2.0 days, from May 28, 1974 to May 30, 1974. It travelled about 547 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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